The questionnaire method failed to reach the views of the laggard students themselves, with only about one in six replying¶

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q2 i? Only about one in six of the ex-students replied to the questionnaire. → J. B. Miner 1910

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J. B. Miner 1910¶

J. B. Miner. (1910). The College Laggard. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+College+Laggard%22+Miner+Journal+of+Educational+Psychology

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Report on the questionnaire sent to the 127 laggard students and their high school principals. The article reports only about one in six ex-students replied, and concludes the students' views cannot be reached by the questionnaire method.

"this question-naire met with a sorry fate among the ex-students, only about one in six replying to it."

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